卸车 (xiè chē) — to unload (a vehicle)

Definition

Separable verb meaning to unload cargo or goods from a vehicle. Insert objects/quantifiers between 卸 and 车 (e.g. 卸完车, 卸了一车货).

verb
to unload (a vehicle)

Examples

  • 卸车。
    Gōng rén men zhèng zài xiè chē.
    The workers are unloading the vehicle.
  • 。
    Tā men xiè le chē jiù qù xiū xi le.
    They went to rest after unloading the vehicle.
  • 。
    Jīn tiān yǐ jīng xiè guò liǎng cì chē le.
    We've already unloaded the vehicle twice today.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
动宾dòngbīnVerb + object

An action followed by what it acts on, fused into one word.

卸xièunload
车chēvehicle

卸 gives unloading and 车 gives vehicle, so the action is unloading a vehicle.

Characters in this word

No reliable origin is recorded for this character.

Open 卸 →

A drawing of the thing itself, worn down over three thousand years into a few strokes.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 車; 车 is its simplified writing.

The traditional form 車 was drawn as a carriage seen from above, with wheels on both sides and a shaft at the front; the simplified 车 is a later shorthand.

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